Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team earned a tie for third place at the Clatskanie Tounament on December 28. "After the major road trip to Oroville, the team was happy to compete right across the river," said Coach Matt Stacey. "Being a local tournament did not mean that the competition was in anyway inferior as Clatskanie was able to bring in such tough competition as Vernonia and Cascade JV. The Mules added to the tournament's tough competition; the team earned 159 points, only 10 points behind the champion Vernonia's 169 points, which is less...
The Wahkiakum Mules won and lost games last week at the Dayton Holiday Invitational Tournament. The Mules opened Thursday with a 63-35 win over LaCrosse-Washtucna. Brieanna Olsen poured in 26 points, and sister Baylee added 16. Also scoring for the Mules were Brianna Helms with eight, Maya Stanley and Sam Boyce with five each, Haylee Budd two and Marissa Washington had nine rebounds; Boyce made six steals; Helms had six assists and Ashley Silva and Baylee Olsen each blocked shots. On Friday, the Mules lost 72-39 to Kiona-Benton. K-B jumped to...
FIRST COLUMN OF NEW YEAR--Well, here we go into another year and we have started out this new year very nicely; warmer temps and sunshine even! As we had a nice weekend, it was the perfect time to take down the outside lights while they were dry, and by Monday afternoon, they were definitely soaking wet, if they hadn't blown away. That was some strong squall that popped up in the late afternoon/early evening hours; thankfully it didn't last too long. They say we may have some rain by the end of the week, we may even get another break. The last...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 26--1:59 p.m. An officer arrested a driver after making a traffic stop near County Line Park. 10:56 p.m. An Eagle Pointe resident reported being harassed. December 27--12:08 a.m. A man came to the sheriff's office and reported having been assaulted by two men; a deputy was notified. 6:02 a.m. An Eden Valley resident reported a power outage; Wahkiakum PUD was notified. 9:47 a.m. A caller reported a...
Larry M. Badger, 75, of Cathlamet died December 31, 2011 at a local nursing home. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Wahkiakum County Commissioners handled a variety of business Tuesday in their first meeting of 2012. Public Works Director Pete Ringen reported that a landslide is threatening Loop Road. A portion of the slope between the road and the Grays River slid away on Friday downstream of the Covered Bridge. Ringen said the County Road Department would install barriers to close the road down to one lane while he works on a solution to the problem. "There are many components to consider," he said. The river is eroding the toe of the hill, and the top of...
During a short meeting Tuesday, Wahkiakum Public Utility District commissioners reviewed the district’s plan to maintain and replace its infrastructure. Gene Healy accepted his new role as president and began by thanking Commissioner Dennis Reid for his term. Manager Dave Tramblie reviewed a System Improvements Summary that the engineering firm Brown and Kysar had prepared, which outlined a systematic plan in four year blocks from 2009 through 2023. “The utility basically rebuilds its system every 30 to 50 years,” he said. According to the p...
People who use the beginning of the year to consider lifestyle improvements may benefit from local support. While county residents are not statistically different from state residents on many health measures, there is room for improvement according to a Washington Department of Health (DOH) survey for 2011. One in nine adults in the county has asthma, and one in 12 adults has had a heart attack, coronary heart disease, angina, or stroke. One out of seven adults reported they currently smoked cigarettes. “Secondhand smoke, especially in cars, i...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners heard some good advice Tuesday about replacing retired Health and Human Services Department Administrator Judy Bright, who announced her resignation in December for health reasons. Commissioners heard from the administrators of health and human services departments in Skamania, Clark and Cowlitz counties from Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer for Clark and Wahkiakum counties, and Wahkiakum's deputy directors weighed in also. Commissioner Lisa Marsyla invited the officials to offer input and insights, saying that th...
In a special meeting last Friday, the Cathlamet Town Council formally accepted a contractor's bid for constructing a new waste water treatment plant. The new plant will replace the sewage lagoons at the mouth of Birnie Creek with a new facility across SR 4 from Thomas Middle School. Construction should begin this winter. In other business, council members agreed to seek re-negotiation of a contract with Wahkiakum PUD for supplying water for the Puget Island Water System, and they adopted a resolution to update emergency medical services...
Wahkiakum Community Network has a new public relations coordinator. Kellyn Pakenen Hazen has been hired to fill a vacancy left when previous coordinator Tammy Peterson resigned to take a full-time job in the county auditor's office. Pakenen-Hazen grew up in Naselle and graduated from Naselle High School. She attended the University of Washington and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Diversity Studies. "I moved back to Naselle in June because I can't imagine calling anywhere else home," she wrote in a letter of...
To The Eagle: Some discussion of doing away with the Federal Reserve Banking System has been heard lately on the news. This is good news. The bad news is the Federal Reserve Banking System itself. The purpose of the Federal Reserve System is to create reserves for commercial banks. To create these reserves , an officer of a Federal Reserve Bank writes a check, usually to a securities dealer to purchase some type of bond, most often a U.S. Government bond. The Federal Reserve does not have a checking account. They only have a checkbook. What...
To The Eagle: We, the local "conservative branch," were pretty devastated by last week's Eagle editorial in which we were taken to task for our "continual negative campaign" against our poor abused president, as well as sacrificing the well-being of all the other citizens. This severe upbraiding seems to also have damaged my memory since I can't seem to recall preventing the prez from submitting a budget, giving away trillions to his labor union and Wall Street cronies, spending billions on green Rube Goldberg projects like Solyndra, biofuels,...
ORDINANCE NO. 546-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CATHLAMET MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC)CHAPTER 2.55.240 RELATING TO EMPLOYEE PAYDAYS; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2.05.020, RELATING TO OFFICIALS COMPENSATION. WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Cathlamet has determined that the streamlining of the payroll process would improve staff workflow by moving paydays from the first day to the fifth day of each month; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET, AS FOLLOWS: 1. CMC Chapter 2.55.240 relating to employee paydays is hereby amended to...
ORDINANCE NO. 545-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET, WA, AMENDING ORDINANCE 466 AND ORDINANCE 468, PROVIDING ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE LANDS ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN BY THE SAID ORDINANCES WHEREAS, in Ordinances 466 and 468 (2005) the Town Council of the Town of Cathlamet annexed certain lands to the northwest of the corporate limits into the Town; and WHEREAS, in so annexing said lands the Council inadvertently omitted to provide zoning classification(s) for said annexed areas as required by the Cathlamet Municipal Code (CMC); and...
ORDINANCE NO. 544-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CATHLAMET MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC) CHAPTER 3.85.040 RELATING TO THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET UTILITY TAX AND CHAPTER 13.20.065, INCREASING THE TAX RATE PERTAINING THERETO. WHEREAS, the Town of Cathlamet, in CMC Chapter 3.85.040, has codified the creation of a utility tax on the provision of water and sewer and other utility services providing for a tax rate of 3% on each utility service, and CMC Chapter 13.20.065 also refers to said utility tax rate; and WHEREAS, the Cathlamet Town Council has not raised the tax...
File No.: 7713.21834 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National Association Grantee: Kimberly King, a single person Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2015790 Tax Parcel ID No.: 010806440006 Abbreviated Legal: Lot 2 , Blk. 3 Columbia River Vista First Addition Vol. C of Plats, pg. 14 Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On February 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64 Main Street in the City of Cathlamet, State of Washington, the...
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION DEADLINES NASELLE-GRAYS RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #155 ELECTION FEBRUARY 14, 2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of R.C.W. 29A.08.140, accepted no later than 29 days before an election by mail, in person or online all transfers within Wahkiakum County, all transfers from another county and new registrants to the state of Washington by January 16, 2012. WITH THE EXCEPTION that, pursuant to the provisions of R.C.W. 29A.08.145, voter registration is possible during the period between...
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE The Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council will hold its regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Skamania and Klickitat Rooms of ESD 112, located at 2500 NE 65th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98661. All interested parties are invited to attend. For additional information, call Susan Pagel at 360-567-1070. The SWWDC is an equal opportunity program/employer. Auxiliary aids/services are available upon request. Publish January 5, 2012...
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER GROUNDWATER RIGHT G4-23992(A)C INTO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRUST WATER PROGRAM TAKE NOTICE: Pursuant to RCW 90.03.380 and RCW 90.42.040(5)(a) be advised that on December 7, 2011, Martin Pitney of Pinecreek Orchards LLC. made application to the State of Washington Department of Ecology to transfer the entire quantity of water allocated under Ground Water Certificate G4-23992(A)C to Ecology’s Trust Water Program. The proposed change of use is for g...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Elochoman Valley Road Speed Limit Wahkiakum County proposes to reduce the speed on the Elochoman Valley Road from 50 MPH to 45 MPH., between milepost 0.00 to milepost 5.50. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 47.48.010 the Board of County Commissioners will hold a hearing on this matter at 11:00 a.m., January 10, 2012, in the Commissioners meeting room of the Wahkiakum County courthouse. All interested persons may there and then provide testimony on this matter. The Commissioners' Public Meeting room is accessible for...
File No.: 7081.21763 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Flagstar Bank, FSB Grantee: Mark A Slape and Terri A Slape, husband and wife, presumptively as community property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2011090 Original NTS Auditor File No. 2017495 Tax Parcel ID No.: 150806-310008 Abbreviated Legal: Ptn. SW 1/4 Tract 4, Vol. 5 of Svys, Pg 48 Sec. 15, T8N, R6WWM Amended Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On February 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Outside the main lobby of the Wahkiakum County...
Happy New Year to everyone. Here’s hoping this year brings only good things to all of you. News from Naselle: After a nice long school break, classes are back in session and students are ready for a new year, hopefully. The sports calendar for this week includes Thursday-high school girls basketball with Valley at home at 5:45 p.m.; Friday-high school boys basketball with North Beach at home at 5:45 p.m.; Saturday-high school boys basketball at Montesano at 5:45 p.m. and high school girls basketball with North Beach at home at 5:45 p.m.; W...
The Wahkiakum County Fair is supported and maintained each year by Fair Board fund raising events, State Fair funding, the Wahkiakum County commissioners, camping fees from our park, private Fairgrounds event rentals, rummage sales, Horse Game Shows, Fair time vendor fees, raffles, gate admissions and very appreciated donations. The Wahkiakum County Fair received some very generous donations from local people and businesses this week. Thank you to Cathlamet Realty West, Jason Delamater, and The Campbell Group, LLC. Your donations will be put...
The end of 2011 brought a lot of transitions to the ranks of Wahkiakum County's public employees and volunteers. Three county employees retired after decades of public service--Kathy Durrah, a clerk in the auditor's office, Danny Eaton, a skipper of the ferry Wahkiakum, and Eddie Blaine, a member of the road crew on the Westend. It's time for a break--I hope they enjoy it. Some of the people leaving their jobs leave big shoes to fill, and I hope we'll continue to see them involved in public service. David Goodroe has left the Cathlamet Town...
